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Fotis Sees Her Lover Lucius Transformed Into An Ass. Motif From Apuleius’ The Golden Ass, by Nicolai Abildgaard (c. 1743 – 1809)

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This painting, by the Danish artist Nicolai Abildgaard (c. 1743 – 1809), was inspired by the peculiar ancient Roman tale of Fotis and Lucius,...

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Pythagoras’ Revolutionary Olympic Boxing Revenge

Erasistratus Discovers The Love Of Antiochus For Stratonice, By Edward Francis Burney (c. 1760–1848)

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A Summary Of 15th-Century Witchcraft Beliefs By Pope Innocent VIII

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Pope Innocent VIII (r. 1484-1492) was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church when Jacob (or James) Sprenger and Heinrich (or Henry) Kramer began formulating...
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(Video) The Absolute Cheesiest Tale About Charlemagne

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In this narrated video essay, we present the absolute cheesiest tale about Charlemagne (r. 768-814) that was recorded by the medieval monk and historian,...

The Curious Origin Controversy Over The Word, Easter

The Tale Of Charlemagne’s Humbling Prank Against A Bishop

The Bizarre Tale Of A Goblin That Gave Away Free Drinks In The Reign Of Charlemagne (Video Edition)

Alf and Yngve, from the Ynglinga Saga, by Ernst Josephson (1851 – 1906)

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Søren Kierkegaard

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Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) "The sectarians deafen one another with their noise and clamor, keep anxiety away with their screeching." From Soren Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling...

Fall Of Troy, Helen Boarding Ship To Return To Sparta, By An Unknown 18th-Century Weaver

A Sibyl, By Julia Margaret Cameron (1815–1879)

Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)

Winston Churchill

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The Tale Of The Censors’ Revenge Against Mamercus Aemilius

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According to the Roman historian Livy (c. 59 BCE-17 CE) and the folklore and records at his disposal, the ancient Roman Republic appointed a...

Jean-Paul Sartre

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  Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) "I can always choose, but I ought to know that if I do not choose, I am still choosing." From Existentialism and...

The Tale Of Charlemagne’s Humbling Prank Against A Bishop

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Charlemagne (r. 768-814), the king and emperor of the Franks, was put in a tough position when a bishop who was a friend and...

Queen Æthelburg Of Wessex Personally Led An Army In The Destruction Of A Stronghold

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  Queen Æthelburg was the wife of King Ine, ruler of Wessex from 688 to 726. Her husband had a distinguished reign as king—not only...

Hrolf Kraki

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  King Hrolf Kraki (c. 6th century) "He flees no fire who jumps over it." Poem attributed to Hrolf Kraki in The Saga of Hrolf Kraki (chapter 28), written...

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